Chapter 3: Into the City
After the patriarch learned that Mei Xiaohan had returned, he had been waiting for Mei Xiaohan to visit him, but Mei Xiaohan had forgotten about it.
This made the old patriarch very angry, although he was old, the old patriarch still walked around the village every day.
No one knows what he was waiting for, and the old patriarch had been around for decades.
In the end, the old patriarch couldn't bear it anymore, and took the initiative to find Mei Xiaohan, and asked face-to-face: "Mei Gongzi... It's been a lot of noise lately! ”
"Buying 600 acres of land in a row, you are really generous!"
Listening to the tone of the old patriarch, Mei Xiaohan already understood a little, the old patriarch was angry with him!
"Mei Gongzi, where have you been these days? Don't even say hello! ”
"Hmph... No wonder, I'm not one of you, and of course, there's no need for you to say hello to me. ”
Mei Xiaohan always maintained a smile on her face, and said: "The patriarch said this seriously, your old man has always been an elder, as a junior, what did I do wrong, please bear with me!" ”
The patriarch said, "You! You! I'm just afraid you'll waste your studies! ”
"Those who farm and farm are the behavior of rough people. If you want to get ahead, you have to study more! ”
After a few Mei Xiaohan, the patriarch left.
This time, Mei Xiaohan returned to Yuelong Village and brought back a lot of things, all of which are daily necessities for modern people. These ordinary daily necessities, in ancient times, would be worth hundreds or thousands of times.
The next day, Mei Xiaohan took Zhao Hu to Splendid City, and this time Mei Xiaohan planned to exchange some modern daily necessities for some silver.
Having learned from the experience of the last jade belt, Mei Xiaohan decided to keep a low profile this time, because he was in desperate need of silver now, so he had to sell a batch of things.
Last time, a mirror was sold for a few hundred taels of silver, and this time it was also a mirror, and this time the mirror was much more upscale than the last time.
The ancients used obsidian, gold, silver, crystal, copper, and bronze to make mirrors after grinding and polishing.
In 3000 BC, Egypt already had bronze mirrors for makeup.
In the 1st century AD, large mirrors began to be used to illuminate the whole body. In the Middle Ages, small portable mirrors were held in ivory or precious metal lockets with combs.
From the end of the 12th century to the beginning of the 13th century, glass mirrors with silver or iron plates as the backside appeared. During the Renaissance, Venice was the center of mirror-making, and the mirrors produced were renowned for their high quality.
In the 16th century, the cylindrical method was invented to make plate glass, and at the same time, the tin amalgamation method of attaching tin foil to glass with mercury was invented, and metal mirrors were gradually reduced.
In the second half of the 17th century, France invented the pouring method of flat glass, and produced high-quality large glass mirrors. Mirrors and their frames are increasingly becoming interior decoration.
At the end of the 18th century, large dressing mirrors were made and used on furniture. Although tin amalgamation is harmful to humans, it continued to be used until the 19th century.
In 1835, the German chemist J.von Lebiger invented the electroless silver plating method, which made the application of glass mirrors more popular.
China already had bronze mirrors in 2000 BC. However, in ancient times, most of the water was used to shine and the bronze ware that held the water was used as a reference.
In the Han Dynasty, it was renamed Jian as a mirror. During the Han and Wei dynasties, bronze mirrors gradually became popular, and there were full-length mirrors. Originally, the bronze mirror was thinner, round with a flange, with ornamentation or inscription on the back, and a semicircular button in the center of the back to place the mirror, without a handle, forming a unique style of Chinese mirror. The Ming Dynasty introduced glass mirrors.
Modern mirrors are made using a method invented by the German chemist Libiger in 1835, mixing silver nitrate with a reducing agent to precipitate silver nitrate and attach it to the glass. The reducing agent generally used is table sugar or potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate.
In 1929, the British Pilton brothers improved this method by continuous silver plating, copper plating, lacquering, drying and other processes.
With the advancement of technology, the cost of mirrors has been reduced, and the emergence of various curved mirrors has made the use of mirrors more and more extensive.
Instead of looking for sellers all over the world, it is better to let sellers come to themselves.
The way to promote mirrors at the highest value is a means that works in modern society, and that is to use advertising and promotion.
Coming to the streets of Splendid City again, there is a different feeling, familiar and unfamiliar.
Last time, I met Ye Fei here, and now I also go back, and I don't know where Yun Xiaoyao is.
"Ten pennies in the mirror once!"
As soon as he said this, the people on the street exploded, and they all wanted to see the demeanor of this mysterious mirror.
People who haven't seen it can't believe why it's so expensive, and those who have seen it have expressed their incredibleness.
There are more than thousands of people standing in line to look in the mirror alone. If you continue like this, you don't need to sell it, you can just use it for sightseeing, and you can make a lot of profits!
Originally, I just wanted to test the market, but I didn't want to cause such a big sensation many times, and the mirror didn't need to be sold, and it was already making a lot of money.
Zhao Hu said: "It seems that this is a good business!" ”
Such a result was already expected by Mei Xiaohan, and it is eternal that rare things are expensive.
"Make an offer!"
A young man dressed in gorgeous costumes came to Mei Xiaohan and said, "I'll give you five thousand taels of silver!" ”
Mei Xiaohan smiled and looked at the young man, and said, "It seems that the son likes this thing very much!" I still have quite a few good things like this! ”
"It's just a pity that I suddenly don't want to sell!"
With such a treasure that can attract gold, how can it be easily sold.
There were more and more onlookers, most of whom came to join in the fun.
The young man said, "Childe... Please come with your ears attached! ”
After muttering twice in Mei Xiaohan's ear, Mei Xiaohan fell into deep thought.
I don't know where Childe's family lives!
Mei Xiaohan said: "Yuelong Village, Mei Mansion." ”
"Good! I'll visit Mei Gongzi's Mansion in three days! ”
Everyone looked at the young man who was gone away in confusion, and after looking at the sky, Mei Xiaohan also planned to turn back to Yuelong Village.
Zhao Hu said: "Mei Gongzi, who is the person who spoke just now?" ”
"Listening to his tone, it seems that the origin is not small, but who it is is is not clear!"
This person only said that he would come to visit Meifu in three days! It's weird!
Splendid City, Yuelong Village, Meifu.
There were more people coming in and out, and Zhao Hu became the busiest person, busy dealing with the villagers of Yuelong Village every day.
Some came to borrow silver, some came to see the treasure glass mirror, and some came to help Meifu farm.
Zhao Hu was busy registering the information of these people, and Zhou Yuan was busy entertaining these villagers of Yuelong Village.
Six hundred acres of land were quickly allocated, with twenty or thirty acres for the most peasants and one or two acres for the small ones.
The next step is to buy farm tools, which is a fat chore, and these things are indispensable for plowing and farming.
This work is in charge of Zhou Yuan, an uninvited housekeeper.